Z1NE--RFQ Amendment Semi Annual Industrial Wastewater Discharge Testing Huntington VAMC Base Year Plus Four Option Years

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 5 is soliciting quotes under RFQ 36C24527Q0033 for semi-annual industrial wastewater discharge testing at the Hershel "Woody" Williams VA Medical Center in Huntington, West Virginia, with responses due November 16, 2026. The procurement carries no set-aside (No Set-Aside Used). The VA contracting office at Perry Point VAMC in Perry Point, Maryland, issues the solicitation, with Contracting Officer William Galletta and Contract Specialist Patricia T. Thai as points of contact.

Amendment 0001, posted November 3, 2026, adds responses to 23 RFI questions, Industrial Waste Discharge Permit No. 986002-M (valid November 30, 2024 through November 30, 2027), and Wage Determination No. 2015-4367, Revision 35. Work is performed at 1540 Spring Valley Drive, Huntington, West Virginia 25704. The base year runs December 1, 2026 through November 30, 2027, with four one-year options through November 30, 2031. The contract is coded NAICS 561210 and PSC Z1NE. The contract value is stated as $47 million.

The contractor collects and analyzes samples in January and July, with the first event due within 14 days of award. Testing parameters include mercury, zinc, flashpoint, oil and grease, total phenolics, 624 full list, acrolein, BOD-5, ammonia nitrogen, gross alpha and beta, COD, TOC, and PCBs/pesticides, among others. Per the RFI responses, mercury may be analyzed by EPA Method 245.7 or EPA 1631, and TOX analysis uses EPA Method 6020B. Results go to the facility within 30 days of testing. Resampling for non-compliant results is excluded from the contract price.

The prime contractor must demonstrate its own technical experience and past performance, and subcontractor capabilities are not substitutable. West Virginia-certified subcontract laboratories are acceptable only if the prime collects the samples. Pricing quantities in Section B.3 represent annual test counts and must be priced exactly as listed for each contract year. Award goes to the lowest-priced, technically acceptable offer. The wage determination covers Cabell, Putnam, and Wayne counties in West Virginia and Boyd and Greenup counties in Kentucky.